The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and thunderstorms from Friday to Sunday.

NiMet’s weather outlook released in Abuja predicted dust haze condition to prevail over Nguru, Katsina, and Borno during the forecast period on Friday.

It further predicted other places in the region to be partly cloudy and sunny with slim chances of isolated thunderstorms over southern parts of Adamawa and Taraba in the afternoon and evening period.

“The North-Central cities should be in partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of morning thunderstorms over parts of Kwara and Niger.

“Later in the day, there are slim chances of thunderstorms over parts of Abuja, Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, and Kaduna states during the afternoon and evening period.

“Cloudy skies are anticipated over the inland cities of the South and the coastal cities with chances of morning thunderstorms over parts of Edo, Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Lagos, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom,” it said.

The agency also forecasted localised thunderstorms in parts of Imo, Oyo, Edo, Enugu, Abia, Cross River, and Rivers. Others to be affected are Bayelsa, Akwa-Ibom, Delta and Lagos, later in the day.

NiMet envisaged partly cloudy skies with sunshine intervals over the Northern region with chances of isolated thunderstorms over southern Taraba and southern Yola during the afternoon and evening period on Saturday.

According to it, partly cloudy to cloudy skies are expected over the North-Central cities, with few thunderstorms over parts of Kwara during the afternoon and evening hours.

The agency predicted cloudy conditions over the inland cities of the South and the coastal cities with chances of morning thunderstorms over Rivers, Lagos, Edo, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom.

According to it, thunderstorms are expected in Osun, Bayelsa, Edo, Ondo, Enugu, Imo, Cross River, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Lagos, later in the day.

“For Sunday, sunny skies with few clouds are expected over the Northern region with chances of isolated thunderstorms over parts of Taraba during the afternoon and evening hours.

“Sunny skies with patches of clouds are expected over the North Central cities with slim chances of few thunderstorms over parts of Plateau, Abuja, and Benue state in the afternoon and evening period.

“The inland cities and the coastal belt of the South should be predominantly cloudy in the morning hours, with good prospects of thunderstorms over Edo, Ondo, Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Lagos, Cross River, River, Akwa Ibom, Delta and Bayelsa during the afternoon and evening period. 

(NAN)